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War of 1812
- Between Britain and the U.S. over trade and impressment; showed America was ready to defend its interests militarily.
New Orleans, Battle of
- Final battle of the War, America won, restoring its confidence and creating a surge of nationalism.
Congress of Vienna
- Convention of major European powers to make the boundaries of Europe again after defeat of Napoleonic France.
Ghent, Treaty of
- Signed on Christmas Eve 1814, ending the war and restoring prewar borders but it didn't fix the reasons that America entered the war.
Hartford Convention
- Between federalists of 5 new England states that were against the war happening and they didn't like that southern and western ideas were overpowering congress and the White House.
Rush-Bagot Agreement
- Between Britain and the U.S. making limits on naval armaments of in the great lakes, helping towards the completion of the U.S.-Canadian border in the 1870s.
Tariff of 1816
- First protective tariff, protecting New England manufacturers from getting British goods after the war.
American System
- Henry Clay's ideal that promoted American industry, a strong banking system, protective tariff, and transport that was federally funded.
Era of Good Feelings
- Period of republicans during Monroe's Presidency. Mainly about bitter conflicts over internal improvements, the national bank and slavery.
Panic of 1819
- Financial crisis that came around because the national bank was trying to stop over speculation of western lands.
Land Act of 1820
- Helped the settlement of the northwest Missouri territories because the price of public land was lowered. It stopped the purchase of federal acreage on credit and eliminated one of the reasons of the Panic of 1819.
Tallmadge Amendment
- A proposal that failed from stopping slaves being brought into the Missouri territory and helped towards emancipation.
Peculiar Institution
- The institution of slavery in the south; the division between the north an south in the first half of the 19th century.
Missouri Compromise
- Allowed Missouri to be a slave state but to keep the balance between the north and south by taking Maine out of Massachusetts and making it a free state and not allowing slavery in the land from the Louisiana purchase.
McCulloch v. Maryland
- Strengthened federal authority and helped the nation bank by saying that Maryland couldn't tax the bank.
loose construction
- The federal government can use powers that isn't specifically granted ro prohibited in the Constitution to carry out the constitutionally stated responsibilities.
Cohens v. Virginia
- Reinforced federal supremacy by creating the right of the Supreme Court to review choices of state supreme courts that are in question of involving the powers of the federal government.
Gibbons v. Ogden
- Case about if New York could grant monopoly to a ferry that was on interstate waters.
Fletcher v. Peck
- Created a greater protection on private property and said that the right of the Supreme Court to invalidate sate laws was in conflict with the Constitution.
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
- Kept Dartmouth College's original charter even though the New Hampshire legislature wanted it to change.
Anglo-American Convention
- Allowed New England fishermen to access Newfoundland fisheries and established the northern border of the Louisiana territory and had a joint occupation of Oregon Country.
Florida Purchase Treaty
- Spain gave Florida to the U.S. and the U.S. let go of claims to Texas.
Monroe Doctrine
- Monroe telling European powers to not seek any new land in the Americas which was backed by the British.
Russo-American Treaty
- Created the line of 54 degrees 40' as the southernmost border of Russian holdings in North America.